Americans: if we want some reductions in oil prices why don't we start telling the politicians to stop pandering to the extreme environmental groups and let some of the oil companies drill in the Gulf of Mexico?
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COMMON SENSE
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Because such a "solution" would be years off, whereas if US citizens just conserved driving, and bought higher-MPG vehicles, they could reduce demand immediately. Reduced demand = lower prices. +1 anyway
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They could also reduce the high taxes on gas and oil. In Florida I would save $.48 per gallon. The average is 6 cents less (based on 2002 numbers)
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How about we stop pandering to the oil cartels instead?
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To my knowledge, from being in the oil patch for a few decades, drilling offshore in the Gulf of Mexico is alive and well, using a mix of submersible and semi-submersible rigs. Offshore California, however, is a different situation, where exploration has been restricted, if not outright banned, by the state government. Alaska has the greatest untapped resources that the greenies have tried to lock up. I find this whole argument quite odd, though, because of the situation in which we have placed W. We raise the dickens about the war in Iraq, calling it a war for oil, then whine without end about the price of gasoline. You would think that, when we bitch about a president, we might get together and complain about the same thing. Is that too much to ask?
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That will cost them votes. They will do anything for a vote.
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Or maybe we should fully commit ourselfs to alternative energy sources and reduce the demand for oil, thereby reducing the price.
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Many people ARE asking for this. The problem is that Americans seem to want cheap gas and power, but don't want an oil rig or power plant in their back yard. It's a case of having your cake and eating it too.
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Americans: if you own a diesel vehicle, you can modify it so it will run on used cooking oil. (Yes, I'm serious.) The car will last longer, create harmless vapors that smell like french fries and the fuel produced costs less than a dollar a gallon. Rather than asking leading questions geared to provoke people, why aren't we talking about this sort of thing?
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Extreme environmental groups?? So you don't believe we are raping this world of it's natural resources? The real reason the price of oil is where it's at is that oil companies are gouging the price. I also don't believe all the accidents and fires at oil refineries have all been "accidents".
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Let me give you one highlight: in 2002, the federal government allowed a maximum tax deduction for an electric vehicle ("EV") of $4,000. In 2003, the maximum deduction for a vehicle weighing 6,000 pounds or over (SUVs, etc.). was $100,000. After Jimmy Carter kicked energy policy changes into gear after the OPEC embargo of the 1970s, standards for fuel economy were put in place. Fuel economy in cars improved from 1975-1985. Reagan relaxed the standards and there has been no improvement since. Hydrogen at presents uses 3-4 times more energy to "fill" a car than does electricity. Electricity can be provided through solar and wind power. And there's plenty more where that came from.
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Common Sense, you're way off base on electric cars. I'd poke holes in your statements but you probably won't take it from me. Go rent or buy "Who Killed the Electric Car." As for government regulation about these things: car manufacturers didn't start putting seatbelts or air bags in cars because they thought a lot of their customers. They did it because they were told to do it by the government. How much these people are taxed changes because of federal government. The government's hands are all over industry -- it's simply a question of whether it's in a way that people like.
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